Is it Time for Pete to Buy a New Tele? - Fender Custom Shop '52 Double-Bound Telecasters!

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[@miromax811]

Gather some of these together and let Pete guess his purple one while he's blindfolded

[@EzyoMusic]

miromax811 They did! With Ariel and Pete.

[@miromax811]

@@EzyoMusic Damn, forgot about that one.

[@bennycheca9426]

The fact your account is 10 years old and your still active is pretty impressive

[@Zeinzu2]

Ohh My God. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!!!

[@sundaynightdrunk]

@@bennycheca9426 How do you tell how old it is?

[@stevenhunt6872]

I took the finance option on a late Paul 3 years ago. Just finished paying for it and haven’t noticed the cost month to month so it almost feels like it was free. It’s brilliant

[@truthfactreality6814]

Love the strange colours. I got the road worn purple tele recently. Love it

[@nc-ix6si]

I really want a jam with these two and Reverend Billy Gibbons . This opening jam was absolutely fantastic!

[@JeremyRayWilliams11]

The original and the best for 70 years!! Telecaster forever!

[@garygritter5701]

That green one is just giving me Francis Rossi vibes

[@HenriksenDolf]

Dear Captain, it is very inspiring and motivating to see and hear you improving your guitar skills.

[@tyecook9630]

Wow, best jam ever on the sexiest teles ever!...pete is simply amazing and Lee has come a long way in the last number of years...cool groove!...

[@andrewgalloway7344]

what a start guys !!!

[@gavterrygt]

That teal colour is lovely!

[@SkyBrotherBortz]

I think that jopening jam was the best Anderton's jam I've ever heard. That was greasy....

[@SilasMoleCatcher]

People who know know that tele's have always been cool.

[@waytoofarer]

Is there anything sexier than a binding on a telecaster?

[@mojo5763]

Well done gentlemen. Love the teles

[@digitalchris6681]

I hope all you relic haters out there keep hating them. That’ll guarantee a better supply of them for people who appreciate a truly beautiful characterful guitar...

[@CoolToMe_]

Gotta be honest, green one sounds better. It's definitely due to the tone paint.

[@ericfown4438]

Pete play magic rhythm

[@sobo2001]

Road worn guitars kinda feel like "Stolen Valor". The first thing someone will ask you is how long it took you to get it to that condition. You'd better be able to impress them with your playing after that. They may try to sell you their "Road Worn" Jeep. Dents, scrapes, mud.. Only 25% above retail.

[@alessandrorossini8704]

Lordie Lord... tones to tone's peak...

[@WatchesnguitarsDK]

Which car have you bought, capt.?

[@laynesellers]

I’ll buy one. Eventually.

[@lyrasimo]

4k for a telecaster ? people are crazy

[@miecz23]

This is how you make money

[@fenixfyre]

Simo Fr!!!!

[@TheLambLive]

Indeed. The relic job is very odd too, I guess it's so you can tell it's an expensive relic job, because they certainly aren't worn like a real world old tele would be.

[@edwardjons8684]

Simo I don’t know, people spend crazy money on mobile phones they replace every few years... whereas this is a guitar for life :)

[@djrbfmbfm-woa]

@yossarian yes, or even less. they DO sound good tho. but only ppl such as pete can make them sound great. j.

[@cicimbello]

KILLER BLUES PLAYIN BY CAPITANO!

[@johnwelch557]

Love the play fellas. My favorite style guitar. However i don't give a hoot for the worn look. Kinda childish and trite. Pete, keep the purple one; it's really special.

[@mikeblue385]

pete, did you get that g&l espada yet?

[@semikolon6440]

Donged my relict guitar badly, brought it for repairs, they fixed the wrong dong.

[@danialm8122]

50s guitar shops never sell relic guitars.

[@yhld215]

The intro jam sounds like a room of broken glass

[@Jordheimern]

Is it Time for Lee to Buy a Tele?

[@andertons]

It might just be... 😉

[@nigelvonshredman]

@@andertons Do it! I bought a Custom SHop tele from you guys in 2016 and it has litteraly changed my life!!

[@melvynobrien6193]

@@andertons Teal green: San Jose Sharks

[@vincentcabral1173]

Seriously Captain how can you not have a Telecaster?!? 😢 You need to do a whole episode with you picking a Tele!

[@Forest_Fifer]

Absolutely. That was tasty.

[@greenwave792]

When I started watching Lee could not play like that.

[@Gunslinger320]

Lee has been doing his homework

[@Pulse2AM]

When I started watching I couldn't play like Lee and still can't! LOL

[@stevenchilders1320]

exactly what I thought when the video started - go on ya Lee!

[@SimpleManGuitars1973]

At one point he was making videos of his guitar lesson sessions.

[@lukedyde8125]

Mr lee is a good man, knows his stuff and is always humble

[@VPB1218]

Dude Lee's playing is getting pretty dang good.

[@rS-ej4vo]

Yeah He's gotten way better over the last year or so. I think he mentioned he was getting lessons a couple years ago,

[@CousinOlivier]

yes, I noticed it too!

[@LUckybones25]

Lee's playing is awesome!

[@alexstewart839]

It really is, but watch how much more often Pete turns to try to make eye contact and check in on the groove compared to Lee. He's showing his skill by constructing a context in which Lee can really thrive. That generousity is the most satisfying thing about playing with a very skilled player.

[@toledo2983]

this other guy is playing acceptable too.

[@MattyK-USA]

Okay, wait a minute here. WHAT is going on with LEE'S playing?!? It's like he engaged warp drive or something over the past month or so. Completely new riffs, ranges, modes. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over... And congrats, Captain. Sheesh.

[@richardbenner1261]

Lee should open an Anderton's Club House (like Daryl's House) in Guildford and feature guest artist along with his house band..Pete, Rob, Rabea, and of course the Captain!!!! I'd make the trip across the pond to watch them all jam!

[@klausfritsch4350]

That is actually a brilliant idea!

[@gabrielmumbray4287]

Captain's Club House

[@dombrace8949]

Stupid idea

[@justincork3838]

Anyone wanna buy a kidney? Need that green tele 🤩

[@_ratsoup1348]

yeah ok, i'm collecting

[@_ratsoup1348]

kidneys, not telecasters

[@justincork3838]

@@_ratsoup1348 awesome 😎👍

[@Moonshot568]

I sold 2 balls for my Martin D41 ... still debating selling my third one for this orange tele ..

[@sundaynightdrunk]

The MiM Teles are great now, and will get you really nice Tele tones.

[@frederikthaysen6931]

14:20 is my favourite moment of this video.. If I’m not mistaken Lee seems to be shy/a bit lost for ideas as to what he should play, when he is demoing a guitar by himself. But Pete and Lee are very good friends, and I think that Pete knows how much talent Lee actually has and that he just needs a “backingtrack” to bring it all out. And sure enough - as soon as Pete starts to jam, and Lee plays on top of it, he just sounds like a completely different guitarplayer. Lee is a really skilled player and has great technique and feel, and Pete is a gentleman and a good friend for helping Lee out. I love you guys! And I also love these badass Telecasters. Best wishes from Denmark

[@Zeppelin180]

It’s weird how I’ve started to fall for teles as I’ve gotten older too. Seeing what Ritchie Kotzen does on one doesn’t hurt...

[@phreak1118]

I turned 40 last year and just bought my first tele after 30 years of playing. It is my main player right now.

[@AntarikshSingh]

Kotzen is God on tele

[@davidlericain]

You have to hate them for 20 years or so before you realize they're perfect.

[@tff1293]

I've been through quite a few guitars, and my tele is about all I play at this point. They're just the perfect guitar. Super simple, light, easy to play, sounds fantastic, as versatile as any 2 single-coil guitar could ever be... I mean what else do you want?

[@pulaski1]

@@AntarikshSingh John 5 too.

[@eddalejr]

Lee has seriously stepped up his playing game these days. I guess DP brings the best out in him LOL.

[@TheScottJeter]

To be fair, Pete on rhythm could probably even make me sound good (and I'm bad). But we can definitely appreciate the work Lee's put in over the past couple years. You can hear the improvement.

[@ngyongfeng]

The candy green is just so amazing!!!!! Seriously Andertons has got the best options for fenders all the time!

[@markgowans]

I'm not a huge fan of the relicing but that green one is gorgeous. I'd maybe force myself to take a hammer to the old piggy bank for one of them.

[@andertons]

We do try our best! 😉

[@phreak1118]

@@rikkousa I dont know why more people dont like green guitars. I almost bought one of the green Clapton strats... but ended up getting a USA Charvel San Dimas in slime green!

[@ngyongfeng]

After the PRs silver sky Orion green, I am coming for u, either a purple or candy green tele!

[@sugarlife485]

@@markgowans GO FOR IT JEAN PUC!!

[@dansands6363]

easily one of your best intro jams to date. I'm sure I say this every time a new video comes out, but this time it's definitely the best one yet!

[@ryanjephcott]

Lee your playing has improved enormously this past year or so

[@logankienzle6115]

Man Lee, from when I started following this channel, you have gotten some serious chops man. Pete, you just keep doing you lol

[@ParkerDeBaryshe]

Man Lee’s playing in the intro is killer!

[@Nigel-ie6gy]

Pete that’s the best sounding electric guitar I’ve heard - period 🤭

[@nasher931]

As someone who also works in a guitar store, relic finish guitars are way more popular. It's just that the people who don't like relics tend to shout louder about it than anybody else

[@jaskiniamestwa]

If only there were non-relic versions of these. New, fresh, shinny ones that I could play & wear them off myself, I DEFINITELY...wouldn't be able to afford them either.

[@strangebrutoo]

This is what I want too. But I think there are non-relic ones.

[@rtxf]

I mean the reliced ones look cool but it's just scars with no story.

[@rooberry-music]

👀limited squier classic vibes just launched in these colours, non relic :D

[@nigelvonshredman]

I love me an Anderton’s Fender Custom Shop video. I still go back and watch all the cork sniffer Guitar Paradiso stuff everyday 😘

[@andertons]

I think we all go back to watch Guitar Paradiso from time to time... no better way to start a Sunday morning! Should we bring back the series? 😉

[@nigelvonshredman]

@@andertons Yep 110% + Top Shelf guitars too!!

[@basdebruin7383]

Please do start guitar Paradiso again. I miss those shirts....eeeh video’s

[@WatchesnguitarsDK]

@@andertons YES! Please. With the OGs aka DP and Mick.

[@petermapstone9684]

Really enjoyed some of those episodes. Particularly the eps with Pete and Mick doing semi acoustic models...

[@olavjorvik94]

I keep coming back to this video... Man... That green tele... or that orange one... They are the best looking Tele's I've ever seen, wish I could buy one of them. It would be the green one I think. But anyways. My day with the perfect CS Tele will come one day :)

[@chrismartin1734]

One this is for sure The Captain has been a million times more confident with his playing! Kudos to your guitar improvement journey!!!!

[@johnblack3313]

Great playing and great entertainment I watch Andertons vids every day, even though I just don’t get the beat up aged thing. When I spend money on a new guitar I want it new not beat to hell. The only exception I made was the Gretsch MY replica.

[@Tsnafu]

I don't get the "relic" thing at all - if I was paying £4000 for a guitar I'd want absolute perfection

[@coffeewaldo]

Snafu ok certain guitars yes like PRS or Suhr, Tom Anderson, Brian Moore super strats but Fender strats and teles certain Gibson’s a slightly relic looks and feels great imo.

[@A.D.D.O.C.D.T]

I’m a noob but I like the guitar new first ,then can thrash it up and makes it your or what ever ,but yea I’m with you there man ,I want new car sparkle when I get something new. I can see the appeal as well for a lot of people ,it looks like it’s been through heaps and real old like a relic from history.

[@globalmind43]

The thing that you're not getting is they play ten million times better than a new one

[@rldickie]

It's perfectly relic'd. But Les Paul money for a Fender is just retarded.

[@gavin4848]

@@globalmind43 they are new

[@yestoES355]

HOLY CRAP. Lee’s playing has gotten so freaking good. Sick tones and playing on that candy tangerine tele.

[@MrSrimera]

Those double bound Tele's need a aged pic guard, still nice though.

[@melvynobrien6193]

NOTHING BEATS A TELE. Too bad these Teles were damaged during construction. I'd take one at half the regular price; these "relic" guitars are total bullshit, for posers who want to pretend they have an old guitar: why else? Next they'll be selling relic cars, right out of the showroom complete with dings and dents and paint damage; smart move. And incredibly, Fender is reissuing CBS-era guitars in their Vintera line, and silverface amps, stuff that in the seventies we considered to be total crap. The Player line is far superior, and cheaper. Good playing.

[@recub13]

If the tele was good enough for Albert Collins, it is most certainly good enough for most any blues guitarist.

[@ronnienose8608]

I'm never quite convinced about some of the wear on the fretboard with these Fenders, sometimes it's pretty good and other times it looks like someone has had a go with a Dremel!

[@bazasulli4975]

Anyone else getting Francis Rossi vibes of that green Tele?.

[@quo4ever1]

It was the first that hit my eye ;-)

[@sdr1013]

I’m 14. I play a tele. Best decision I ever made.

[@mattiisosalo918]

SDR101 I got a Tele at your age as well while everybody else were playing Ibanez’s and Jacksons etc. I got some picking about it but I just told them than Joe Strummer also played a Tele and he was cool af.

[@sdr1013]

Matt V i was initially gonna by a strat but in a way the tele seems more versatile to me and I came a cross a special run squier tele a few months ago and it was absolutely stunning

[@sdr1013]

Thomas Pelley I was trying to pick between the fsr bullet it the fsr affinity so i went to my local guitar store and my god the humbuckers on the affinity were ridiculous and still had that classic tele tone

[@davidjameschamberlain]

It took me until I was 20 to finally get it right

[@uvufal]

Being 14?

[@kirkgardner8772]

Lee, I’ve listened to you for a few years now and your playing has really improved. I’m so jealous.Keep it up.

[@guitarsruinlives4497]

I’m not categorically anti-relic- but those look like $400 LTDs. The relics don’t make any sense. Obviously somebody likes em.

[@carlsaint6101]

That Candy Green one is stunning!!!! Lee’s playing is seriously improving! 👏🏻👏🏻

[@PlayWithYourThumb]

They keep saying that no one buys the non relic Fenders, and yet the haters keep going. Surely the market has spoken.

[@ianmbaker]

The Double Bound Telecaster is a thing of beauty, but not relic'd, and not at Custom Shop prices. :)

[@Spaceman2921]

@@ReasonableRam Well, people don't buy custom shop fenders that look brand new.

[@coffeewaldo]

Spaceman2921 that’s true. And I don’t even like the bound. I like thinner necks but I like relics that aren’t overdone when it comes to strats and teles.

[@johnnoipswich7239]

Grown ups guitar, I'm having that. I love how Lee's playing has evolved. His soloing has a definite style.

[@louiehamel7675]

Oh. My god.. Why do I always have to be so broke. I'm never going to egt those out of my head! they sound and look incredible. I should probably get a job. 🥺🥺🥺

[@tyecook9630]

Not a bad idea but sometimes working yer ass off only makes you feel worse about not being able to afford some things...

[@tusharistherails]

If the turquoise one had gold hardware in addition to the aged gold anodized pick guard... game over.

[@dep1001]

I've been a Fender Jaguar, Jazzmaster and Mustang player all of my guitar playing life and recently it dawned on me: I NEED A TELE! But since I don't have £4.000 to spend on one of these amazing guitars I got a Fender American Performer Tele and damn that's a great guitar as well! Really love it!

[@ertner]

Great tone from them tele’s, and Lee has indeed improved his playing skills 😜🎸

[@Hoscitt]

...My couch slippers and comfy trousers aren't touching 4 grand!

[@sweendog1]

These look and sound amazing, just wish they had more color options.

[@andertons]

Let us know what colours you would like to see? We also have more versions available on our Custom Shop page - tinyurl.com/yjenydpe 🤘

[@Gunslinger320]

Charcoal pearl would be amazing. The Texas Tea in the relic would be killer too

[@stanislavmigra]

@@Gunslinger320 yes, yes

[@arthursmith5318]

Lee has shown remarkable improvement in his playing. It’s awesome to hear.

[@tonyottaviani6480]

Teal is best. Tele with the overdrive sounds great.

[@noseyparker6622]

4 grand for a Tele? This is getting insane.

[@co_li7300]

yeah 4 g is a tad heavy.

[@beng808]

Yeah 4000 pounds is 2 tons. That’s almost as much as my truck weighs

[@MikeMckenz]

I love the candy tangerine one but I just wish they would make them without the relic job

[@meshuggah0014]

Hey guys do a format which showcases each persons gear in this room: lees rig, rabeas rig, petes.. etc. Would really enjoy that format :)

[@YeatzeeGuitar]

I will never understand why fender custom shop puts brand spanking new pickguards on a relic guitar.

[@coffeewaldo]

Yeatzee Guitar the pick guard’s don’t relic. The pick up covers do.

[@YeatzeeGuitar]

@@coffeewaldo The pickguards definitely age. Anyone else doing a relic'd guitar ages the plastics because, well, plastics age. Look up pictures of vintage fenders that are beat up, the pickguard will be dirty, slightly shrink depending on the material it's made from, maybe even cracked on the corners, often yellowed from smokey bars, etc. Fender's just being goofy.

[@cardbored_]

My relic custom shop tele definitely came with an aged pickguard lol

[@YeatzeeGuitar]

@@cardbored_ Mine did not :)

[@BenStiller311]

I want to hear Pete’s new Espada

[@lukeneylon6471]

As a status quo fan I’m in love with the bright green one

[@Rocker3182]

I was literally going to comment the exact same thing...it just gets me right there...I think I may need to invest in a balaclava and a getaway vehicle ;)

[@taliesintenerelli8510]

Dude, I swear to god leeeee... stop! Wtf ur one of the best players at andertons at this point!!! Like he is really talking through the guitar

[@tyecook9630]

No ship huh?...I've been watching for years and I'd sell my soul to improve and gain confidence like that..no stupid crossroads reference really intended, I'm just saying that im kinda stuck and he clearly isn't

[@henrykelly1183]

is it me or do the frets on that Purple tele look massive! it might be the relic effect

[@Leebull3]

damn Lee's practice is really payin off.

[@lesshrubb203]

The intro was one of the best I’ve heard you guys play. Shades of Terry Kath all over the place. I was waiting for Chicago’s big brass sound to blast in! Great vid, thanks guys. I would like a new Tele, but I’ve just bought a new car too. Well, at my age, it was the only way I was ever going to get a 69...

[@malcolmhardwick4258]

How can you not have a telecaster? I thought it was the law ! I got 5 of them ☺

[@tarkett8529]

Ooh that tangerine looks bloody lovely, just bought 3 new guitars (from Andertons) I really couldn’t get another past the mrs

[@shane5627]

Is it time for a new tele to find Pete?

[@djrbfmbfm-woa]

these guys can "purple" all they like. how they can justify these prices is beyond me. c'mon lee get real. j. plus resale would be pretty poor , that's if you could find someone dumb enough to buy it. the mark up would be around 1000% over the true construction costs.

[@Masterfighterx]

''It's unfamiliar to you, isn't it?'' HAHAHAHA! 😂🤣 Forhelved Peter!

[@thethingthatshouldnotbe3035]

Teles are for grown ups, Vs and the like are for the never-growing-ups. Guess who just bought a V... :)))))

[@ianbarnes1406]

Took me 30 years to buy my first Tele. Felt like I should have one but knew I'd never play it live enough to spend a fortune on one so ended up buying a second hand Aria Pro II Frontline as a fixer-upper. Liked it so much I bought a brand new one recently and the neck and action on it is simply stunning for a £140 guitar. Love playing it and the slightly thicker neck and wider string spacing suit my large hands just great!!

[@vincentcabral1173]

I’d sell my left 🥜 for that Candy Apple Green Tele!!!!

[@ruiseartalcorn]

Great guitars!!! The green one has quite a Francis Rossi thing going on :)

[@KRAZEEIZATION]

Lee is getting more and more like Alan Alda from MASH!

[@SlackWi]

When are the squier purple teles coming back?

[@bthalko]

The Captain is really a case study in what happens when you lock a guitarist in a room with a couple of amazing players and watch them grow. 'Bea, Pete and Rob has obviously rubbed off on him, his chops are only getting better.

[@adamski101]

Plus lots of regular lessons. He's basically got off his arse and gone for it. Respek.

[@bthalko]

@@adamski101 Oh, for sure - but he wouldn't have had that drive if he wasn't constantly being exposed to (and expected to hold up his end of) solid playing through all types of gear. Really a solid showing of what immersion does.

[@kingbrutusxxvi]

I love all these cool new Fenders but cannot, and I mean CANNOT, play a 21-fret guitar. I've bought several Telecasters and Stratocasters (including a 1969 - my birth year) and sold each. I can play 22 with certain kinds of music but prefer 24. Come on Fender, make more of these "classics" with and extra fret. For those people that will cry, "Twenty-one frets are traditional! WAH!" Well, guess what? Leo started the company to make cheap guitars with interchangeable parts. I wouldn't call $3,000, $4,000, $5,000, etc., etc. a "cheap" guitar especially when it's basically the same thing you can get in an American-made $1,000 Special... with 22 frets. Just saying. Cheers.

[@ku812fubar4]

GIRTH🍆... those are sick looking.. great ass sounds.. u both look gd in black sweaters with white logos.. you both are always at your best with each-other playing fenders.:. Rightfully so... HAPPY NEW YEAERS🎇 oh and thanks for that transformers song you all did. I got that damn song stuck In my head ever since. Now I play that song for my son and wife. Not sure of wha they think of it but fudge does that bring me to my child hood. 80s ABSOLUTELY FKN rocked.

[@lueysixty-six7300]

I think it's so funny here's Pete going all Toddler tantrum for yet another Fender Telecaster 3:30 when Paul Reed Smith gave him that stunning tigerburst PRS , brushstroke birds and all..... And Pete got all awkward and uncomfortable, knowing full well the tacit understanding was for him, the rising popular Utube personality, was to brandish this expensive, flashy PRS at every Anderton opportunity! But Pete was all, looking down band shuffling his shoes, "B-b-b- but Paul, Thank you, BTW, So, so much, it's just - I'm the kind of player who never likes to be tied down to just one brand.." True! That was how he weaseled out! But here he is, months later (I haven't seen him bust out the PRS once, have you?!) just positively drooling over a range of Telecasters...no different from the the day they were first produced! And heck! There's even a purple, relic'ed one there too, Pete! Can't be too far off yours, hey? But wait...Oh that's right, you don't like to be tied down to one make and model! That's what you said, wasn't it, Pete?! Pete!?!!

[@Thomas_Geist]

I’ve never gotten paying extra to have a guitar beat up. I’ve gigged with the same MM Stingray-5 for years. Got a Rick 4001 as well. Not a scratch on them. End of the gig before I breakdown the rig or anything I put the guitars carefully back in the cases. Now the cases look a used. I know a lot of good musicians. I’ve yet to see a beat up guitar among them. I think musicians have a love and respect for their instruments. I’ve seen 400 year old violins that look better than these custom beat up jobs. WHO DOES THIS TO A GUITAR? I look at these guitars and wonder, okay, I know it’s fake, but how’d anyone get those injuries on a guitar anyway? I know what it’s like setting up on stage at A clubs. Buying one of these seems like stollen valor anyway. YOU didn’t beat the crap out of it on tour for 30 years. What is the deal here? Anyone know? When I’m done playing I wipe the bloody figure prints off. What do you say when selling it, “other than looking like it was used to drive off Viking raids, it’s mint.” I guess they sell because they keep doing it, but if anyone out there has bought one of this things, please let me know why.

[@Stangil1]

I find it hard to believe that un-reliced guitars don't sell. For me the relics are ugly.

[@markscars1069]

I don’t get, and never have, the relic look. I like something which is new, to look new. Or, if it’s lived a life, then look like it. But to make it LOOK like it’s lived that life, if that makes sense, is to me a little misguided. Naturally, I can understand why people like them, but I wouldn’t buy an aged guitar anymore than I’d buy an aged leather couch. If it’s gonna age, it’ll do so in my hands, not in a design studio.

[@dabellan71]

Hmm... 4.000£ is too much for a "raggedy pair of jeans"-like guitar. And if I dinged a 4.000£ brand new guitar I would be preyty upset, relic or no relic. If i'd wanted a "confort" guitar, one that I wouldn't care if it's get beat up, it would be a cheap one, a second-hand Squier or something like that, not a CS. It's totally okay to like reliced guitars, it's an aesthetic choice, but I don't understand those rationalization.